A family in Larose, Louisiana, is pleading for answers after their property and home have been destroyed by oncoming traffic not once, but a total of 41 times. The first time the elderly Sevin couple, who raised a large family on this property, experienced a crash was in 1956. Since then the saga of devastation began, Arnic Sevin who is now 89 years old, has documented every single crash that has occurred.“The wrecks had started when we lived in the little house on the property. We kept on,” Sevin said. Arnic and Roland Sevin have been married for 70 years and raised a large a large family at this home at the intersection of LA-1 and the old Highway 1. It sits on the corner of a nearly 90-degree turn that catches drivers by surprise and often times the accidents are caused by drivers who fall asleep on the dark roadway. “Before we die, I would hope that they would at least put some strips across the road to help people wake up, not only for protection for us, for the public, people, friends, and even a family,” Arnic Sevin said, her husband Roland nodding in agreement. For the Sevin’s children and grandchildren they can’t believe nothing has been done to rectify the problem. Charla Chouest, Arnic and Roland Sevin’s granddaughter said, “Since my grandmother’s been married and had children, she's been facing this problem of being fearful in her own home because of the dangerousness of this curve here."Chouest stressed that all the family really wants is to feel safe in their own home. The most recent accident occurred on July 2 when a female driver fell asleep at the wheel and plummeted into the family’s fence they worked hard to repaid countless times before. However, this recent accident the family believes was a direct correlation with the new roadwork that just occurred on a five-mile stretch of the highway. The state DOTD construction project included the curve by their home. However, when the roadway was repaved, the rumble strips were removed. The rumble strips are a traffic calming device used to wake up a sleeping or tired driver using audible and sensory techniques to hopefully prevent crashes like the most recent one in early July. “Since the rumble strips were installed in 2018, we didn’t have a single accident. The week after the new construction was complete, without the rumble strips, the 41st accident happened,” Chouest said. However, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development told WDSU News the new construction concluded just a month ago and would have new rumble strips in place in two weeks or less. “We did look at it closely, we added a number of warning signs, the rumble strips just enhance that visibility, so they are going to be put back within the next two weeks," DOTD’s Scott Boyle said.But for the Sevin’s they don’t see why it's even taken this long. “Once should be enough. Forty-one times is too much to understand. I just want to know why people don’t see we need help,” Roland Sevin said.For the elderly couple’s grandchildren, they now worry about the extensive financial and physical burden this puts on their loved ones. “He has to repair the fences every time, not only is he too old but he shouldn’t have to keep repairing something that should have been taken care of a long time ago," Chouest said.When WDSU asked DOTD why they haven’t put in a traffic light or a guardrail around the property they explained that private property was not their responsibility and will continue to monitor the location. While rumble strips are a start, the Sevin family is imploring parish leaders and the state to consider more significant improvements and safety measures. Sharing even two weeks feels too long when you live in constant fear of your home being destroyed and potentially, a life being taken as well.